Post #5147
January 31, 2014, 03:41:47 PM
Nay
I'm not necessarily against the idea of having a holiday, but there are several parts of this legislation I take issue with. First, the Act states that on this day the new legislature will be installed at 10:30PM, but what about the other five times a year we install new legislatures? Generally new legislatures are installed as soon as the election is over, but this would introduce inconsistency in that.
My most serious qualm though is the provision that closes "non-essential" government offices. On a practical level, this would basically shut the region down entirely, as we would be legally unable to handle foreign affairs, assist new nations in the region through our Ministries, or even approve apps for Citizenship. On a legal level, the Act specifies that the "Judiciary Branch" would remain open, however Wintreath does not have a dedicated Judiciary Branch. The Storting doubles as our judicial system...which begs the question, even if we inferred the Judiciary Branch was the Storting in this Act, would that be the outgoing Storting or the incoming Storting? On the same level, I'm not entirely sure what "The King's Office" or "the WHR" refers to...does that mean the Ministry of Defense would remain open, or only the operational side of the Hvitt Riddaral? With so many Ministries closed, does that mean I'd be left to do the work of all the closed Ministries for that day since my "office" would remain open?
I also consider this to be inappropriate interference in the affairs of the Monarchy. It would be as if I made a Royal Decree shutting down the Storting for a specified period of time, which would be just as inappropriate. Besides that, is there really such a high workload in our Ministries that we need to shut down the government so people can enjoy a festival? I'd like to think there isn't, and that people can balance business and pleasure, realizing that the business in a game should be just as fun as the pleasure.
For these reasons, I strongly oppose this proposed Act, and implore my Peers to also oppose it.